Africa is the cradle of humankind. All humans are descendants from this common pool of ancestors. Africa and its multitude of ethnolinguistic groups are therefore fundamental to learning more about humankind and our origins. A human genome refers to the complete set of genetic information found in a human cell. […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Scientists will soon follow centuries of progress started with Edward Jenner and the smallpox vaccine and work to create some potential exit from the throes of the […]
Though neurodegenerative diseases are becoming more common in today’s aging societies, the exact way in which accumulated abnormal proteins become toxic to neurons is unknown. In a recent study conducted at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology, Korea, scientists have discovered a new mechanism of action by which these […]
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have studied the incidence and regional distribution of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers in the brains of people with Down’s syndrome. The results can bring new possibilities for earlier diagnosis and preventive treatment of dementia. The study is published in Molecular Neurodegeneration. While medical advances and […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. When you eat something infected with harmful bacteria, viruses or parasites, you get food poisoning. While it normally goes away within a week, food poisoning often means […]
Thousands of leukaemia sufferers could be spared chemotherapy thanks to a new two-in-one treatment that’s been found to keep twice as many patients free of the disease Newly approved combination of drugs allows patients to forgo chemotherapy Prof Peter Hillmen says drug will have ‘life-changing effect for all CLL sufferers […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. Katya Jones, 31, is thought to have contracted coronavirus after buying lunch on her way to Strictly Come Dancing training. She trained alongside her dance partner, former […]
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. President Vladimir Putin told G20 leaders today that Russia was ready to provide its Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to other countries who need it. The nation is […]
A newly released study found that people with heart failure who received the diabetes drug empagliflozin showed significant improvements in heart structure and function, with many experiencing a reversal of the disease. Approximately 6.2 million adults in the United States have heart failure. As a result of its high prevalence, […]
An ultrasound of a man’s stomach captured some unwelcome inhabitants — a tangle of parasitic roundworms squirming around, according to a new report. The 20-year-old man, who lives in New Delhi, went to the emergency room after experiencing abdominal pain, diarrhea and vomiting for a day, according to the report, […]